Tampa International Airport is a public airport six miles west of
Downtown Tampa, in
Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. This airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. It has been praised for its architecture and
Landside/Airside design of a central terminal ("landside") connected by
people movers to satellite gates ("airsides"), a pioneering concept when designed in the late 1960s. The airport was called
Drew Field Municipal Airport until 1952.